Original Date of post: 05/11/05
I studied life science in university. Life science dealt with everything biological, which simply meant everything living and organic - you, me, the plants and animals, the environment we live in, the genetic make up and composition of living things, even right down to the chemical structures of these genes and the processes that goes on in our bodies to keep us functioning.
My University days have been a very enriching one. The three years of university proved only to strenghten my belief and faith in God the Creator. I recalled someone asking me how I could reconcile what I was studying and what I believe in. The reason why this guy was asking me this was because our uni lecturers tend to always attribute the complex metabolic processes or any complexity in an organism or living thing to the millions of years of evolution, which played God completely out of the picture. But byGod's grace, I did not have problem in reconciling what I studied and what I believe. The solution is simple. What we see today - complex chemical and biological composition and processes which are common and similar in the diverse life forms found on earth. The cause - Evolution over the millions of years solely left to the hands of chance or An infinite supreme being who created them, which accounts for the similar design despite the diversity of living things. Evolution or Creation? Man's wisdom or God's wisdom? Man's words or God's word? Nature as it is today; SMART man sees nature and interprets it as the result of evolution which is purely a theory in the firstplace because man was not there in the beginning to prove it a fact. The theory is solely based on the present, CLEVER deductions and man's wisdom. From the trend of science, theories are always changing as technology advances and reveals more. On the other hand, God tells us from His word that:
"All things were made by him[God]; and without him was not any thing made that was made" - John 1:3
He was there from the beginning -
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." -John 1:1
To us man whose life span is an average of 70 years God asks,
"Where wast thou when I[God] laid the foundations ofthe earth? declare if thou hast understanding." -Job38:4
I ask again myself and anyone reading this, a series of fair questions - Man's wisdom or God's Wisdom? Man's account or God's account? Man's words or God's word? Which is more reliable and trustworthy? Whose words have always been changing? Whose words are infallible and inerrant? Man's words and theory or God's word? This conclusion is for the individual to conclude. As for me, I have concluded and the the solution for recounciling what I studied and what I believe is as simple as taking God the infinite and supreme being at His word. He claimed that He created all things and was present from the beginning and I believe and trustHim on that because of who He is - A Holy and righteous God who does not and cannot lie. Been given both sides of the "story", I would say it is foolishness to believe man who falls every now and then, makes mistakes (I wonder who said, "to err is only human"), who is only mortal, whose word is subjected to change and whose wisdom is limited rather than God who is infallible, inerrant, all powerful, never changing and Whose wisdom is unsearchable.
Some final thoughts on this matter: I find it impossible and ilogical to believe that the intricate, highly complex genetic, chemical composition and processes coupled with the complex metabolic pathways that all function in flawless sync to make every living thing functional, which is far more advance and complex than any of man's technologyis attributed to chance. A table or chair has a simple design and is attributed to a human designer; a bird house with a simple design hung on a tree, incapable of repairing itself is attributed to a human designer. But a human being, who designed and made the chair and table whose biological design and "blueprint" is so complex that scientists up till today with their highly sophisticatedequipment are still baffled and puzzled at its mysteries and complexities, is attributed to chance; the tree on which the bird house is hung is equally complex in its design and is capable of "repairing" itself is attributed to chance. What logic is that? Shouldn't basic scientific principle and reasoning tell us that if a simple design is attributed to a designer, how much more shouldn't a complex design be attributed to a designer as well??!A Supreme Designer.
"For the invisible things of him from the creation ofthe world are clearly seen, being understood by thethings that are made, even his eternal power andGodhead; so that they are without excuse: Becausethat, when they knew God, they glorified him not asGod, neither were thankful; but became vain in theirimaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened."-Rom 1:20-21
